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. 2011 Jul 2;2011:282845. doi: 10.4061/2011/282845

Table 1.

Prevalence of intracranial atherosclerotic disease/extracranial atherosclerotic disease by race.

Race ICAD ECAD
South Asians [11, 12] 20%–54% 10%
East Asians [11] 7% 18%
US Whites [3, 13] 1%–24% 11%–33%
US Blacks [3, 13] 6%–22% 8%–15%
US Hispanics [3] 11% 9%
Chinese [14] 33%–50% 19%
Koreans [1, 15] 56.3%–26.4% 12.2%
Singapore [1] 47.9% NR
Thailand [16] 47% 49%

The authors used 30% stenosis as cutoff.

ICAD: intracranial atherosclerotic disease, ECAD: extracranial atherosclerotic disease.